A jam-packed weekend opened the 40th edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, with inspiring performances by luminaries and rising stars such as pianists Chucho Valdés … Read More "Live Review: 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival, Week 2"
A jam-packed weekend opened the 40th edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, with inspiring performances by luminaries and rising stars such as pianists Chucho Valdés … Read More “Live Review: 2019 Montreal Jazz Festival, Week 2”
The story seems implausible, but label head Jake Cohn swears it’s true: In 2007 he hired Wycliffe Gordon, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and drummer Kendrick Scott … Read More “The Co-Op: The Co-Op (Brown Brothers)”
We Are the Drum would be worth its sticker price just for Lizz Wright sigh-singing the beautiful, melodically off-kilter ballad “This Song in Me.” But … Read More “Kendrick Scott Oracle: We Are the Drum”
Tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III assembles a stellar cast of collaborators here, all of whom he has played with in various constellations: Taylor Eigsti (piano), … Read More “Walter Smith III: Still Casual”